US EditionMeta threatened with lawsuit for making users opt out of AI data training again
- German consumer authority Verbraucherzentrale North Rhine-Westphalia sent Meta a cease and desist letter on April 30, 2025, demanding it stop AI training using EU user data without proper consent.
- This action follows concerns that Meta’s AI training requires EU users to opt out twice, which allegedly breaches GDPR rules and undermines trust in Meta’s data handling practices.
- Meta’s privacy policy indicates that data provided through its platforms—including posts, images, and details about individuals without personal accounts—are utilized for training artificial intelligence systems, but experts emphasize that obtaining users' explicit permission is necessary.
- Noyb and Verbraucherzentrale NRW threaten legal action, including a potential multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit, asserting that ignoring EU law could have significant consequences for Meta and European data rights.
- Meta maintains its AI training complies with EU laws, warns delaying efforts risks Europe's AI competitiveness, and continues to require users to opt out by May 27, 2025, despite ongoing disputes.
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Advocacy group threatens Meta with injunction over data use for AI training
Austrian advocacy group None Of Your Business (NOYB) will seek an injunction against Meta Platforms, it said on Wednesday, that could lead to substantial claims if the tech giant goes ahead with plans to use Europeans' personal data to train its AI models.
Meta threatened with lawsuit for making users opt out of AI data training again
An EU privacy watchdog says it's prepared to start a multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta if the company goes through with plans to use user data from its platforms to train AI.NOYB European Center for Digital Rights is a nonprofit rights watchdog whose mission is to protect consumer rights under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. In a new cease and desist letter, it alleges that Meta's plans for AI trai…
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